3/10 The Daring Book for Girls by: Andrea J. Buchanan & Miriam Peskowitz
Pages 236 to 256
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When your paper flower is placed in water, the paper begins drawing the water in thruogh capillary action. As the paper fibers swell with water the folded petals unfurl.(Page: 256)
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We can do that for period 6 at school.


3/11 Same Page:257 to 265
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The reminder of Zenobia's life is shrouded in myth. Where one ancient historian reports that she died in captivity, another writes that Aurelian took her to Rome. It is said that in 274, Zenobia was wrapped in chains of gold and made to walk down Rome's main boulevard as Aurelian celebrated his triumph over the many tribes he had battled. (Page: 264)
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I cannot believe how they made Zenobia walk down Rome's main boulevard only because Aurelian's triumph over the many tribes.


3/12 Same Page: 267 to 279
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13. Take Things Apart. Old televisions and fax machines, a cell phone that no longer works, or a computer ... That's how the world's best engineers learned what they know. (Page: 276)
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Good advice, maybe someday I will know how to fix something when it breaks.


3/13 Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark by: Alvin Schwartz
Page: 1 to 17
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"What do you come for?" she asked in a small voice that shivered and shook.
"What do I come for?" he said. "I come-for YOU!"
(As you shout the last words, stamp your foot and jump at someone nearby.) (Page:12)
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Very useful to scare someone so easily.


3/14 Same Page: 18 to 28
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A year later Ted got sick and died. Toward the end, Sam sat up with him every night. The night Ted died, Sam said he looked just like the skeleton. (Page: 24)
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That is like if the skeleton was warning them or something, that someone was going to die. That is like way to wierd.